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Adam got a hoe, and Eve got a spinning-wheel, and thence come all our nobles.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Adam must have an Eve, to blame for his own faults.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Adam was the luckiest of men: he had no mother-in-law.

Proverbs and old sayings about law, mother, man

Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Adam must have an Eve to blame for his faults.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Adam's ale is the best brew.

Proverbs and old sayings

O Remember Adams fall

Remember, O thou man,
O thou man, O thou man,
Remember O thou man,
Thy time is spent.

Remember, O thou man,
How thou cams't to me then,
And I did what I can,
Therefore repent.

Remember Adam's fall,
O...

Carols

Every son of Adam keeps hoping until he is carried away to his grave.

Proverbs and old sayings

When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

We are all Adam's children, but silk makes the difference.

Proverbs and old sayings English about children

When Adam delved, and Eve span, where was then the gentleman?

Proverbs and old sayings English

If the walls were adamant, gold would take the town.

Proverbs and old sayings Liberian about city

A man without passion is no son of Adam.

Proverbs and old sayings Persian about man

The devil seduced Eve in Italian. Eve mislead Adam in Bohemian. The Lord scolded them both in German. Then the angel drove them from paradise in Hungarian.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about paradise, devil

He that died half a year ago is as dead as Adam.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

How long was Adam in Paradise?

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about paradise

A person peeing right against a wall most certainly has an Adam's apple.

Proverbs and old sayings about rightness, people